Update on Los Angeles’ Bid for the 2024 Olympics

Mar 23, 2017 - For example, LA  2024 will use funding from the IOC to hire contractors to make temporary improvements to venues, those contractors will buy supplies, and their employees will buy groceries and other goods and services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3622

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - How Much State Funding Goes to DVBEs? The state awarded $743  million across 20,838  contracts to DVBEs in 2023 ‑ 24 —or 4.6  percent of the $16  billion total reported contract dollars in that year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Although, as we understand it, many of the changes are unlikely to require law changes and may be more administrative in nature, the Legislature should have a high-level understanding of how those changes may impact programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2026-27 Budget: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System

Feb 27, 2026 - Moreover, it is unclear how much additional funding will be needed for the state ’s Next Generation 911 system. The additional amount that would be needed depends on many different variables, including: (1)  the extent to which the state is able to incorporate the existing Next Generation 911  components deployed under the regional approach, (2)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - Smaller metro areas —like Ukiah, Crescent City, and Truckee —received much less in both types of assistance. One outlier in this trend is Napa, which received considerably more PPP ‑related loan forgiveness per business than any other area of any size.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

The Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion

Oct 9, 2017 - By 2030, home  1 ’s bill would be one ‑third as much as home  2 ’s bill. In the absence of the inheritance exclusion, when home  1 passes to the original owner ’s child it would be reassessed. This would erase much of the difference in property tax payments between home  1 and home  2.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706

The 2018-19 Budget: Administration of the 2017 Housing Package

Feb 8, 2018 - In addition, the number of real estate documents recorded in any year-and, in turn, the amount of SB 2 revenue raised-depends on how much building, lending, and other economic activity is occurring in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3746

Considering Changes to Streamline Local Housing Approvals

May 17, 2016 - There is good reason to believe that local communities do not fully account for these costs when deciding how much housing to build. Change Will Be Difficult. California ’s rapidly rising housing costs pose a difficult dilemma for state policy makers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3470

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Specifically, when a local emergency is declared by a city, county, or city/county governing body, CESA requires the emergency to be reviewed every 60 days by the governing body until the local emergency is terminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - We do not know how much of the recent revenue decline is due to greater tax avoidance and how much is due to lower actual tobacco consumption. To the extent that tax avoidance could be a large part of the story, the size of the revenue loss highlights the importance of efforts to enforce tobacco tax laws.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966